PERSONIFY meaning: Attributing human traits to non-humans

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personify: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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personify: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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personify: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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personify: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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personify: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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Personify: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
personify: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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▸ verb: (transitive) To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.
▸ verb: (transitive) To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character or persona.

Opposite:

dehumanize, dehumanise

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embodiment, personification, avatar, doppelganger, more...

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